Number of Bronchoscopic Interventions in Lung Transplant Recipients Correlates with Respiratory Function Assessed by Pulmonary Function Tests

Mirosław Nęcki; Magdalena Latos; Maciej Urlik; Remigiusz Antończyk; Martyna Gawęda; Anastazja Pandel; Tomasz Stącel; Piotr Przybyłowski; Marian Zembala; Marek Ochman

doi:10.12659/AOT.927025

26 January 2021 : Original article

Number of Bronchoscopic Interventions in Lung Transplant Recipients Correlates with Respiratory Function Assessed by Pulmonary Function Tests

Mirosław Nęcki^12ACEF, Magdalena Latos^12BCEF*, Maciej Urlik^12BD, Remigiusz Antończyk^12BC, Martyna Gawęda^12BEF, Anastazja Pandel^12BCD, Tomasz Stącel^12AF, Piotr Przybyłowski^3A, Marian Zembala^12F, Marek Ochman^12AF

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.927025

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e927025

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Table 1 General characteristics of patients included in the study.

Studied group (n=50)	Patients without BI (n=27)	Patients with BI (n=23)	p Value
Age at transplantation [ME±IQR]	40.00±8.00	39.00±5.00	0.529
BMI at transplant [M±SD]	23.34±2.56	24.17±3.67	0.365
RBC at qualification [ME±IQR]	4.89000±0.48	4.88±0.63	0.683
HGB at qualification [ME±IQR]	11.7±5.40	10.30±3.65	0.592
FEV [%] at qualification [ME±IQR]	23.40±11.00	27.00±14.00	0.311
FVC [%] at qualification [M±SD]	47.98±23.55	45.54±15.14	0.732
RBC 1 year [M±SD]	3.92±0.46	3.87±0.57	0.702
HGB 1 year [M±SD]	7.25±0.78	7.39±1.00	0.594
GFR 1 year [ME±IQR]	67.19±43.69	57.38±26.23	0.741
Gender as percentage of male participants	51.85%	47.82%
Underlying disease [%]
CF	48.16%	43.48%
IPAH	14.81%	8.70%
ILD	14.81%	17.39%
COPD	22.22%	26.09%
Other	0.00%	4.35%
6MWT – 6-minute walk test; BI – bronchoscopic intervention; BMI – body mass index; CF – cystic fibrosis; COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV – forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FEV/FVC – Tiffeneau-Pinelli index; FVC – forced vital capacity; GFR – glomerular filtration rate; HGB – hemoglobin; IPAH – idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; ILD – interstitial lung disease; IQR – interquartile range; M – mean; Me – median; post-sat – oxygen saturation at the end of 6-minute walk test; pre-sat – oxygen saturation measured at the beginning of 6-minute walk test; RBC - red blood cells; SD – standard deviation.

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